Why are people living there lives bald when hair transplants exist ?

[XXXXXXX]

I don't get why so many people live their lives with no hair and don't get transplants ? I understand in some cases if you're like 50 and your donor hair sucks but for everyone else.. is it just a money issue ? From my other thread you can see I'm losing hair fast at 21 but I have over 50k in the bank ready for transplants.. Is everyone else just lacking the $$ ?

 

[Anon587]

Lots of variables.

Limited donor hair (if you are NW7 a hair-transplant will be very limited)
Costly
Hair transplants can NEVER be as dense as non-balding hair
got to be on propecia for the rest of your life to maintain rest of your hair
some peoples scalps dont accept hair-transplants too well, leads to botched hair-transplants etc
lots of people are not happy after getting hair-transplants

etc

For example Wayne Rooney has had 2 hair transplants (the first costing £30,000) and this is a recent image.


Despite spending potentially £50,000+ on hair-transplants he is still destined to become bald.

 

[XXXXXXX]

I don't know wtf went wrong with him but I would have that surgeon fired. Doubt he would be like that if he went to a reputable place like Hasson&Wong and paid probably half the price. Sorry but that has to be the worst transplant of the 21st century.

 

[dreamermerlin]

Lots of variables.

Limited donor hair (if you are NW7 a hair-transplant will be very limited)
Costly
Hair transplants can NEVER be as dense as non-balding hair
got to be on propecia for the rest of your life to maintain rest of your hair
some peoples scalps dont accept hair-transplants too well, leads to botched hair-transplants etc
lots of people are not happy after getting hair-transplants

etc

For example Wayne Rooney has had 2 hair transplants (the first costing £30,000) and this is a recent image.
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Despite spending potentially £50,000+ on hair-transplants he is still destined to become bald.

Rubbish! His last transplant was ~1month ago, so the results can not be seen yet.
Well, he looks weird, he practically shaved the top and let the sides grow, don't know why, but his let's wait the results. Anyway, the first tranpslant gave him a very good hairline, but he continued to lose hair from the top because not taking finasteride.
Oh, and he can't take propecia, i heard, because it would cause problems with blood tests for dopping, etc.
And its's not 50.000 pounds. From what i know, he paid 15.000 pounds two years ago, and the second rpocedure was planned also then and included in the same cost.
Be serious, a transplant or two transplants cannot cost as much as 50.000 even at the best surgeons!

 

[uncomfortable man]

Anon pretty much covered the main reasons. hair loss is also a progressive condition and propecia is far from full proof. You sound like Justin Bieber commenting on the Prince's hair loss in the same way most people are oblivious to the ineffectivness of hair loss treatments. It's a bit unfair TBH. Current transplants are a small step above barbaric and all of the meds are preventative at best. If you are under the misconception that hair loss is easily fixable then don't worry, you are definately not alone in your ignorance.

 

[Quantum Cat]

we're not all as fortunate to be as well-off as you at such a young age, XXXXXX, but even if cost isn't an issue there are many potential pitfalls. hair transplant isn't the miracle cure that the media often makes it out to be - even the best ones done by the top surgeons.

untransplanted hair may continue to fall out sooner or later - even with Propecia, and could leave you looking even stranger and uglier than before you had the hair transplant done. Then you'd need more transplants, which would require more money down the line - money you might not have. And ultimately I don't think there's ever enough hair at the back/sides to fill the entire Norwood region. Not to mention the scarring it leaves.

I think hair transplants are often seen as a perfect permanent solution to the affliction of male pattern baldness - a 'magic wand' - when they're not really. They're just another (very expensive) temporary treatment. I suppose you could argue that even if you can get another 10 years of holding back male pattern baldness, then it might be worth it - if you're in the privileged position where money is no object, then why not.

But Rooney is living proof that all the money in the world can't give you a perfect head of hair back for life

Investing your money in hairpiece/systems is probably more prudent, if you can live with the stigma of wearing fake hair.


do people agree with that summary?

 

[Primo]

Rooney is living proof that all the money in the world can't give you a perfect head of hair back for life

I agree completely, Rooney has had and still has unlimited funds ££££ to throw at surgery, treatments and all other preventative hair loss measures and yet still, this patchy looking thatch is the best he's been able to come up with. It just shows you how little you get in return for all that effort and thousands and thousands of pounds.

All very well for the multi-millionaire celebrity, but for the average young guy with aggressive hairloss like Rooney, why bother going to all that trouble and sacrifice in terms of enormous expense, when the end result is only marginally better than a bald head itself?

It's only setting oneself up for more psychological distress 18 months down the line, when you realise that it still looks and feels nothing like the full head of hair you had hoped for.

 

[dreamermerlin]

Anon pretty much covered the main reasons. hair loss is also a progressive condition and propecia is far from full proof. You sound like Justin Bieber commenting on the Prince's hair loss in the same way most people are oblivious to the ineffectivness of hair loss treatments. It's a bit unfair TBH. Current transplants are a small step above barbaric and all of the meds are preventative at best. If you are under the misconception that hair loss is easily fixable then don't worry, you are definately not alone in your ignorance.

Oh my god, man, nothing is good for you. You criticize everything!
And please don't call me ignorant!!
Yes, hair loss is fixable, if you take measures early, not waiting to get NW6!
I had a transplant, with excelent results, and it was not barbaric at all! At 2 weeks no one could notice that i had something, and then people starting to ask why do i have more and more hair )
You're such a pussy, complain on everything, find flaws in everything, etc!
You sound like a little girl, excuse me!!

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About Rooney, oh, i'll say to just wait 6 months, not 18, he had his last transplant 1 month ago, for god's sake.

 

[Quantum Cat]

is Rooney still forbidden from taking Propecia, or has the sports regulatory body rescinded that rule?

if he still can't take finasteride, then it doesn't bode well for his future hair prospects even with the transplants.

 

[talmoode]

I've seen both success and horror stories of hair transplants. It's not all about how much money you have in your bank accounts. Your age, how advanced your hair loss is, pattern of your hair loss and density and texture of your hair..combination of these, plus how good your transplant doctor is....

 

[XXXXXXX]

FFS they really need to master hair cloning. That's ALL we need, who cares about treatments injections creams pills etc. Master cloning hairs and the world is set. Hell, even if they are vulnerable to DHT, that still buys you many years before you would need to go back.

 

[resu]

Rooney got exploited, if he was smart he could have had most of his old density still intact.

 

[Quantum Cat]

Rooney got exploited, if he was smart he could have had most of his old density still intact.

what exactly went wrong with his hair transplants?

 

[resu]

what exactly went wrong with his hair transplants?

He made it in England for one, didn't use an AA, doesn't know about RU and other experimental drugs he could use, probably isn't on minoxidil.

 

[Primo]

Well we can hold judgement then and wait and see how Rooney's 2nd hair transplant turns out.

However his first transplant was back in July 2011 and his results from that we're extremely average to put it politely. Even last May when he'd had 22months recovery and regrowth, you could see on tv any time he didn't bother to put concealer on his hair it looked really wispy and see through looking, like that of a 70year old's hair. Hopefully this 2nd hair transplant does a better job for him because he has no density behind his hairline whatsoever anymore (despite being on finasteride since a whole year before his hair transplants)

 

[dreamermerlin]

Well we can hold judgement then and wait and see how Rooney's 2nd hair transplant turns out.

However his first transplant was back in July 2011 and his results from that we're extremely average to put it politely. Even last May when he'd had 22months recovery and regrowth, you could see on tv any time he didn't bother to put concealer on his hair it looked really wispy and see through looking, like that of a 70year old's hair. Hopefully this 2nd hair transplant does a better job for him because he has no density behind his hairline whatsoever anymore (despite being on finasteride since a whole year before his hair transplants)

The results were not average at all.
At the first transplant, he only solved the hairline and temples. And did it pretty good. The middle region between temples didn't receive any hair, and was quite thin at the moment, and he continued to lose hair from that region and from above, that's why he looked like this before his second transplant.
And from where do you know he's on finasteride?? He most probably doesn't or dropped it, there are only speculations. Some even say he can't take finasteride because it would affect his blood tests for dopping, etc.
After all, hairline is the most important, because it frames the face. There was a dramatic improvement in how he looked before 1st hair transplant and after, because of the hairline. It made him look 5-10 years younger than before.

 

[Quantum Cat]

here's a perfect pitfall example of a guy who wasted money (he doesn't say how much) on a sucky hair transplant and now can't buzz his head down because he has a big scar

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interac...tem-or-forget-about-it!?p=1134783#post1134783

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Well we can hold judgement then and wait and see how Rooney's 2nd hair transplant turns out.

However his first transplant was back in July 2011 and his results from that we're extremely average to put it politely. Even last May when he'd had 22months recovery and regrowth, you could see on tv any time he didn't bother to put concealer on his hair it looked really wispy and see through looking, like that of a 70year old's hair. Hopefully this 2nd hair transplant does a better job for him because he has no density behind his hairline whatsoever anymore (despite being on finasteride since a whole year before his hair transplants)

he's allowed to take finasteride now?

 

[Quantum Cat]

latest pic from a few days ago:

notice who sponsors the chairs he's sitting on!!!! :mrgreen:

couldn't make it up...

 

[resu]

Notice how much better he looks, people who claim otherwise are only trying to fool themselves.

 

[anonymous]

Another balding athlete... Lebron James. The guy has been coordinating his headband to his hairline for years, it's well documented. I understand when you have as much money as Lebron does, maybe things like hair loss aren't such a big deal. He already has a wife, kids, a legacy, and presumably everything else a person could ever want.

But it seems to be that he's been concealing the receding hairline. He recently just shaved it all off, a white flag perhaps.

But for a guy who could spend 10 grand on each hair follicle if he wanted to, I'm wondering why he doesn't? He could literally choose the best doctor in the world to transplant his hair for him. I'm pretty certain many celebrities get hair transplants, we just never find out about them. Maybe he just doesn't want MORE attention from getting surgery, but again, you're Lebron James, who cares what anyone says?

Easy answer I guess is that he's just content. He's taking a "whatever" stance toward it.